Another Nipomo Amateur has come and gone. But not in such short words... This was a long weekend! Patience was a virtue this time around.The rain beat down, the wind pushed around, the greens and pins mentally and emotionally broke down players. A true test to the game as its meant to be played. Ball striking, mental stability and emotional calmness was a must. No one had them all, more than the champion Tim Snyder.Playing out of CSU Nothridge he brought every aspect of his game and claimed the 2016 title. With players falling off and mentally giving up. The scoring averages were around 81, 76. But Tim proved it could be done. Staying within himself, with perfect balance during each swing. Reading greens to perfection and a showing consistency with rounds of 73, 72. He capped off the weekend beating Ryan Roodvant in a one hole playoff with a par 4, on number 10.

Congrats to Tim, the 2016 Nipomo Amateur Champion. For his spectacular play in such difficult conditions!

2016 NIPOMO AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT - Results

Player

Day 1

Day 2

Total

Place

Script

*Snyder, Tim

73

72

145

1ST

$ 750.00

Roodvant, Ryan

75

70

145

2nd

$ 500.00

Martin, Mitch

73

75

148

3rd

$ 300.00

Polterlock, Landon

71

78

149

4th

$ 250.00

Nygren, Cole

78

72

150

5th

$ 200.00

Castles, Jimmy

74

77

151

T - 6TH

$ 76.00

de los Santos, Justin

73

78

151

T - 6TH

$ 76.00

Engel, Dick

76

75

151

T - 6TH

$ 76.00

Lucado, Evan

75

76

151

T - 6TH

$ 76.00

Podres, Tanner

78

73

151

T - 6TH

$ 76.00

Carr, Jeff

81

71

152

T- 11

Casaga, Sage

80

72

152

T- 11

Downey, Joey

75

77

152

T- 11

Gama, Brandon

77

75

152

T- 11

Smith, Grady

73

79

152

T- 11

Eppright, Andy

78

75

153

16

Bromley, Taylor

75

79

154

T- 17

Wright, Jordan

76

78

154

T- 17

Engelhardt, Nicholas

79

76

155

T -19

Smith, Ryan

79

76

155

T -19

Warthen, Justin

80

75

155

T -19

Coe, Zachary

76

80

156

22

Lewis, Court

76

81

157

T -23

Yap, Jesse

87

70

157

T -23

Bautista, Neil

83

75

158

T - 25

Lemay, Jordan

81

77

158

T - 25

Lipman, Josh

78

80

158

T - 25

Harper, Ben

86

73

159

28

Navis, Ray

80

80

160

T - 29

Price, Camden

80

80

160

T - 29

Burrola, Adam

89

72

161

T - 31

Clark, Nathan

75

86

161

T - 31

Mansholt, Matthew

77

84

161

T - 31

McLaughlin, Barrett

81

80

161

T - 31

Gomersall, Preston

84

78

162

T - 35

Robinson, Brett

78

84

162

T - 35

Semthiti, Jason

81

81

162

T - 35

Avrit, Jack

81

82

163

T - 38

Young, Sam

86

77

163

T - 38

Nicholson, Alex

84

80

164

40

Fry, Brad

87

80

167

41

Leonard, Joey

86

82

168

42

Maenaga, Dustin

91

81

172

43

Head, Kyle

88

85

173

44

Bovee, Connor

87

87

174

45

Sinclair, Will

83

92

175

46

Chan, PJ

94

83

177

47

Tran, Bryan

91

88

179

48

Verplank, Austin

103

92

195

49

Perolio, Drew

88

WD

WD

WD

Smaby, Ramy

83

WD

WD

WD

Swaim, Sean

92

WD

WD

WD

Zimaowski, Nick

84

WD

WD

WD

2016 NIPOMO AMATEUR NET FLIIGHT - Results

DAY 1

DAY 2

TOTAL

Player

GROSS

NET

GROSS

NET

GROSS

NET

Ellis, Trent

78

70

80

72

158

142

Vine, Rob

81

74

83

76

164

150

Brandt, Jerry

87

77

85

75

172

152

Vanderhorst, Hank

93

75

96

78

189

153

Cornell, Jerry

86

78

85

77

171

155

Chan, Phil

99

82

95

79

194

161

Chubon, Steve

92

83

87

78

179

161

Nagler, Casey

83

76

93

86

176

162

Vanderhorst, David

92

84

89

81

181

165

Dykema, Kurt

96

86

90

80

186

166

Cowell, Jeff

104

88

94

78

198

166

Roy, Ron

95

87

90

80

185

167

Ruffoni, Dan

87

78

106

97

193

175

Ragan, Jeff

91

84

-

-

WD

WD

2015 Results:

2015 NIPOMO AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT

Player

Day 1

Day 2

Total

Place

Prize

Nygren, Cole

73

69

142

1ST

$ 750.00

De Los Santos, Justin

69

74

143

T-2ND

$ 400.00

Casaga, Sage

76

67

143

T-2ND

$ 400.00

Castles, Johnny

73

72

145

T-4TH

$ 175.00

Castles, Jimmy

77

68

145

T-4TH

$ 175.00

Yount, Adam

72

74

146

6TH

$ 125.00

Snyder, Tim

73

74

147

T-7TH

$ 87.50

Gama, Brandon

76

71

147

T-7TH

$ 87.50

Carr, Jeff

72

76

148

Engelhardt, Nicholas

75

73

148

Bournonville, Aaron

77

71

148

Hogan, Johnny

73

76

149

Lewis, Court

74

75

149

Robinson, Hunter

76

73

149

Engel, Dick

78

73

151

Smith, Grady

78

73

151

Navis, Ray

77

75

152

Burrola, Adam

81

71

152

Downey, Joey

74

79

153

Warthen, Justin

78

75

153

Martin, Mitch

76

78

154

Nicholson, Johnathan

78

76

154

Wright, Jordan

77

79

156

See, Taylor

80

76

156

Yap, Jesse

81

75

156

Lee, Aaron

75

82

157

Avrit, Jack

78

79

157

Forte, Brett

79

78

157

Thomas, Matthew

77

81

158

Smith, James

77

83

160

Anderson, Alton

78

82

160

Garcia, Kyle

81

79

160

Perolio, Drew

80

81

161

Hensley, Randy

78

84

162

Zimkowski, Nick

84

78

162

Larson, Derek

82

81

163

Sand, David

83

83

166

Dinkel, Grant

84

82

166

Stephenson, Brody

79

87

166

Meserve, Max

87

80

167

Sinclair, Will

85

86

171

Padilla, Milton

84

88

172

Camacho, Kennan

88

89

177

Gusman, Bradley

93

96

189

Sloan, Steve

101

94

195

Holden, Patrick

86

WD

WD

2015 NIPOMO AMATEUR NET FLIIGHT

Player

Day 1

Day 2

Total

Place

Prize

Austin, John

73

65

138

1st

$ 250.00

Perez, Tony

70

73

143

2nd

$ 150.00

Fischlin, Adam

78

70

148

T-3rd

$ 75.00

Roy, Ron

73

75

148

T-3rd

$ 75.00

Chubon, Steve

76

73

149

Martinez, Jose

78

71

149

Vine, Rob

78

71

149

Cornell, Jerry

76

75

151

Vanderhorst, David

77

74

151

Schwager, Charles

76

81

157

Ruffoni, Dan

83

74

157

Hadden, Niko

73

85

158

Gorman, Bob

80

80

160

Caron, Mitch

85

78

163

Parker, Lew

83

81

164

Copeland, Anthony

82

90

172

Oestreich, Chris

85

94

179

Johnson, Mark

81

DQ

DQ

2014 Nipomo Amateur has come to a conclusion
Another great year for golf on the central coast

Windy conditions made the game tougher than it already is. It was a two day event that demanded good ball striking and Santa Barbara local Brett Silvernail had it. Firing a solid 68 the first round and following it up with a 73 to hang on to a single stroke victory over Joey Downey, Chris Doyle, Rory Doll and Johnny Hogan.

Joey and Rory were the only two rounds under par the second day and undoubtedly applying pressure to the champ. Ecstatic for his win, smiling ear to ear while accepting the trophy, Brett Silvernail goes home a happy champion. When asked if he will return to defend his title, he says he will be turning pro to give the circuit a go. Good luck to you Brett!

Monarch Dunes would like to thank all who participated and helped for the fabulous tournament and hope to see it grow bigger and better in the years to come.

Niall Platt had a comfortable five stroke lead after his stellar first round score of 67. Scott Patterson and Justin Warthen were tied for second with the first round scores of 72.

Five strokes is a lot of ground to cover when chasing such a high caliber player like Niall.

Scott started the day with several solid iron shots but couldn’t get the putts to drop. That’s how the day went for Scott.

Justin made a late charge, gaining four strokes on holes 14 and 15 to get within one shot of Niall, with three holes left. Only to falter with a pulled four iron ricocheting off the cart path on the par 3, hole 17, proceeding to make double bogey. That left Niall plenty of breathing room to take the victory, but not before throwing in his own drama. Niall stripes three wood into the water on 18. Forced to drop at a cost of one stroke, puts his next iron shot about 15 feet. Keeping his composure and showing determination, Niall rolls in his par putt to win by 3.